Letter, 1813, of Rear Admiral W Brown to Robert Dundas, Viscount Melville, concerning naval protection for the West India trade (folio 1).

Letter, 1795, of Bryan Edwards to Henry Dundas concerning the Haitian Revolution and a possible British invasion of St Domingo (folio 8).

Letter, 1762, of Alan Cameron to an unnamed correspondent concerning a possible meeting in Port au Prince (folio 9).

Letter, 1735, of Henry Cunningham to Spencer Compton, Viscount Wilmington, concerning the governance of Jamaica and the First Maroon War (folio 10).

Letter, 1805, of Admiral James Richard Dacres to an unnamed correspondent concerning the movements of the French fleet in the Caribbean (folio 15).

Letter, 1834, of J. J. and T. Douglas and Co. to Charles Selkrig concerning a compensation claim and sugar production in relation to Marionville estate, Guiana (folios 19).

Letter, 1835, of J. J. and T. Douglas and Co. to Charles Selkrig concerning Marionville plantation’s current account (folios 21).

Letter, 1836, J. J. and T. Douglas and Co. to Charles Selkrig concerning the sale of sugar (folio 23).

Letters, 1790, of Francis Dundas, David Dundas and Robert Dundas concerning the possible appointment of Francis Dundas to the post of Quartermaster of Jamaica (folio 25).

Letter, 1799, of Thomas Dundas to Henry Dundas concerning his capture by a Spanish vessel in the Bay of Honduras and a request for the command of a navy frigate (folio 34).

Letter, 1846, of P[i]t Forbes to F.L. MacTaggart concerning the death of Forbes’ sister (folio 38).

Letter, 1802, of Alexander Fraser to Charles Stewart concerning business deal between Sir Robert Arbuthnot and Johnston Cochran (folio 42).

Letter, 1799, of James Gillespie to Henry Dundas concerning Dundas’ introductory letter to the Earl of Balcarres on Gillespie’s behalf (folio 46).

Letter, 1820, of Archibald Goldie to John Bell, with an attached questionnaire of Robert Hamilton, concerning the death and estate of Michael Walton (folio 48).

Letters, 1789, of Charles Hamilton to the Duke of Hamilton and Henry Dundas concerning the emoluments of the Collector of Customs of Montego Bay (folio 51).

Letter, 1819, with enclosed memorandum of George Hibbert to Robert Dundas, Viscount Melville, concerning the erection of a lighthouse at Morant Point, Jamaica (folio 58).

Letters, 1820-1822, if Leitch and Smith to Patrick Cockburn concerning financial matters, crop production and the health of enslaved people on Jamaican estates (folio 76).

Facsimile letter, 1699, of John Locke to Edward Clarke concerning the Darien scheme (folio 81).

Letters, 1795-1796, of Allan MacLean to Henry Dundas concerning the conduct of the British intervention in St Domingo (folio 83).

Letter, 1797, of W. Maltby to John Campbell concerning P Wilson’s affairs (folio 93).

Letter, 1822, of William Montagu, Lord Manchester, to Robert Dundas, Viscount Melville, concerning the appointment of James Hall as Advocate General of Jamaica (folio 95).

Typewritten copy letters, 1763-1786, of John Mouat to Hector Mouat, Hugh Mouat and Magdalen Mouat concerning John Mouat’s legal problems, the sale of enslaved people, Mouat’s desire to have carpenters sent from Orkney to him in Jamaica and the death of his brother (folio 100).

Letter, 1812, of Anabella Smith to Lieutenant Colonel Campbell of Melford concerning her employment as a governess, unrest amongst Jamaica’s enslaved population and economic problems (folio 110).

Letter, 1798, of R Taylor to Henry Dundas with enclosed letters of Sir Simon Taylor concerning a rebellion by enslaved people and subscriptions to the Bank of England (folio 114).

Proclamations, 1699, of William Beeston, R[alph] Grey and Richard Coote, Earl of Bellomont, concerning the Scottish colony at Darien (folio 123).